diff --git a/licenses.json b/licenses.json
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+---
+comment: \
+  because the for loop is being filtered by layout, the normal rindex0 check 
+  for the trailing comma doesn't work. Count the number of licenses and manually
+  increment an index to see if we're on the true last iteration.
+---
+{% assign count = 0 %}{% for page in site.pages %}{% if page.layout == "license" %}{% assign count = count | plus: 1 %}{% endif %}{% endfor %}{% assign i = 0 %}
+[
+{% for page in site.pages %}{% if page.layout == "license" %}
+  {
+  	"title": "{{ page.title }}",
+  	"permalink": "{{ page.permalink }}",
+  	"featured": {% if page.featured %}true{% else %}false{% endif %},
+  	"description": "{{ page.description | replace: '"', '\"' }}",
+  	"how": "{{ page.how | replace: '"', '\"' }}",
+  	"rules": {
+  	{% for category in site.rules %}
+  		{% assign cat = category[0] %}
+  		"{{ cat }}": [
+  		{% for rule in page[cat] %}
+  			"{{ rule }}"{% if forloop.rindex0 > 0 %},{% endif %}
+  		{% endfor %}
+  		]{% if forloop.rindex0 > 0 %},{% endif %}
+  	{% endfor %}
+  	}{% assign i = i | plus: 1 %}
+  }{% if i < count %},{% endif %}
+ {% endif %}{% endfor %}
+]
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